Return-Path: Received: from rly-md10.mx.aol.com (rly-md10.mail.aol.com [172.20.29.148]) by air-md01.mail.aol.com (v125.7) with ESMTP id MAILINMD012-92d4aa419e1195; Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:22:05 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by rly-md10.mx.aol.com (v125.7) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINMD105-92d4aa419e1195; Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:21:54 -0400 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1MkOEU-0002Hy-S0 for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:21:06 +0100 Received: from [193.82.116.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1MkOEU-0002Hp-Fg for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:21:06 +0100 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.177]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1MkODW-0006vZ-Uw for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:20:07 +0100 Received: from [192.168.1.64] (host86-177-27-138.range86-177.btcentralplus.com [86.177.27.138]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mreu1) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MKv1o-1MkOEG271N-000HHI; Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:20:53 +0200 From: "Dave Sergeant" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Date: Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:20:53 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <4AA419A5.22911.343DC58@dave.davesergeant.com> In-reply-to: References: , , X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (4.51) Content-description: Mail message body X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/UTtIQwsj3jexEOJAmLRZP+NjxpM5HhhtTy6Z x20WfBRC6zaS51aAgvFprr9/8+2GvL4RKHrcdyBVwmJdxTawuG vZhqIYX/4pIB8/86rvm8L+YEV73U7Ya X-Karma: unknown: X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,none Subject: LF: Re: WSPR beacon Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 On 6 Sep 2009 at 21:05, James Moritz wrote: > Dear LF Group, > > The M0BMU WSPR beacon is running again - I have jacked up the antenna to > increase the ERP a bit. G4WGT and G7NKS are also active - any reports > would be very welcome. > > Cheers, Jim Moritz > 73 de M0BMU OK, it looks as if the sound card clock synch error is the problem. As suggested I have been trying recording for the first minute of each period then stopping - by the simple expedient of switching the K2 to a different band. Result, solid copy..... 1958 16 2.5 0.503972 0 M0BMU IO91 37 2000 16 2.4 0.503972 0 M0BMU IO91 37 2002 16 2.6 0.503972 0 M0BMU IO91 37 2006 -26 6.2 0.503965 0 M0BMU IO91 37 2006 16 2.6 0.503972 0 000AAA (BadMsg) 2008 12 2.5 0.503972 0 M0BMU IO91 37 2010 11 2.7 0.503971 0 M0BMU IO91 37 (apart from something went a bit wrong at 2006... And note the +16dB, you are strong!). I can see a couple of other weak traces on the spectrogram but no copy of others. (and having now stopped doing that tedious turning off after 1 minute I now see that it is copying Jim solidly now on full cycles. Maybe you did something your end Jim?.....) 73 Dave G3YMC http://www.davesergeant.com